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An employee on seasonal layoff shall be notified of recall by written personal notice (receipted),
or certified mail (return receipt required) sent to the employee's last known address, at least
fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the reporting date. The employee shall notify the Appointing
Authority by certified mail (return receipt required) within five (5) calendar days of receipt of
notification, of intent to return to work and shall report for work on the reporting date unless
other arrangements are made. It shall be the employee's responsibility to keep the Appointing
Authority informed of the employee's current address.
F. Removal from the Seasonal Layoff Record.
Seasonal employees shall be removed from the seasonal layoff record for any of the following
reasons:
1. Failure to accept recall to a seasonal position.
2. Conversion of the employee to permanent layoff as defined in Section 4G.
3. Resignation, retirement, or termination from State service.
4. Acceptance of a full-time or part-time unlimited position.
G. Conversion to Permanent Layoff.
A seasonal employee shall be on permanent layoff in the following circumstances:
1. the principal place of employment is abolished;
2. there is no anticipated date of recall;
3. the employee is not recalled from seasonal layoff within sixty (60) calendar days of the
anticipated date of recall.
A seasonal employee who is permanently laid off shall have the right to exercise all the options
under Section 3D.
Section 5. Temporary or Emergency Positions. If a position is to be filled by a temporary or
emergency appointment, the appointment shall be offered to employees in the following order prior
to filling the position by any other means:
A. Employees who are permanently laid off and not employed by the State if the position is in the
same class, seniority unit, and geographic area from which they were laid off in order of
Classification Seniority (State Seniority for Units 4 and 6);
B. Employees who are permanently laid off and not employed by the State if the position is in the
same seniority unit and geographic area from which they were laid off and the employee is
determined to be qualified for the appointment by the Appointing Authority in the order of State
Seniority;
C. Seasonal employees who are seasonally laid off if the position is in the same class and
principal place of employment from which they were seasonally laid off in the order of
Classification Seniority (State Seniority for Units 4 and 6);
D. Seasonal employees who are seasonally laid off if the position is in the same principal place of
employment from which they are seasonally laid off and the employee is determined to be
qualified for the appointment by the Appointing Authority in the order of State Seniority.
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